A memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education and the 2009 State Plan Extension Guidance are available for your use in preparing State plan extensions due to OVAE by close of business on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

A memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education and the 2009 State Plan Extension Guidance are available for your use in preparing State plan extensions due to OVAE by close of business on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

The National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) is an outcome-based reporting system for the State-administered, federally funded adult education program. Developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL), the NRS continues a cooperative process through which State adult education directors and DAEL manage a reporting system that demonstrates learner outcomes for adult education.

Each year the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education's Division of Adult Education and Literacy sponsors the following training opportunities and workshops targeted specifically to state directors of adult education and other key state staff

The National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) is an outcome-based reporting system for the State-administered, federally funded adult education program. Developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL), the NRS continues a cooperative process through which State adult education directors and DAEL manage a reporting system that demonstrates learner outcomes for adult education.

The Secretary proposes to establish procedures for determining the suitability of tests for use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS). These proposed regulations also include procedures that States and local eligible providers would follow when using suitable tests for NRS reporting.

The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education announces changes to certain requirements governing the Community Technology Centers (CTC) program that the Department established in 2004 and used for the fiscal year (FY) 2004 CTC competition.

These final regulations implement Executive branch policy that, within the framework of constitutional church-state guidelines, religiously affiliated organizations should be able to compete on an equal footing with other organizations for funding by the U.S. Department of Education. We are revising Department regulations to remove barriers to the participation of faith-based organizations in Department programs.